Not directly related to music, but the Globe theatre in London has just been
rebuilt and although I haven't had a chance to go yet I have been told that
the audience are encouraged to eat, drink and make a lot of noise in keeping
with the way the Shakespearean audience would have behaved.
I find it can be quite irritating if people are whispering etc in a concert,
however surely it is better that people go to concerts and are slightly
irritating rather than being intimidated by "rules" and not going at all
Emmeline
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